Prendido In English Quotes & Sayings

How success changes the opinion of men! — Maria Edgeworth

Ane fals intent under ane fair pretence
Hes causit mony innocent for to de.
Grit folie is to gif over-sone credence
To all that speiks fairlie unto the. — Robert Henryson

I didn't grow up in a regular upbringing. I ended up at my grandmother's house past a certain age, so I took care of things myself. I moved out of home when I was 16. — Sky Ferreira

Jesus was beaten, tortured, and spit on, and then he suffered a horrific death to pay for the sins of the world. — Irene Garcia

I didn't think that it's something that would happen. I didn't think I would be in the position, emotionally or financially, to be able to do that. But I've been lucky [to have big family]. — Jim Gaffigan

Everything that is exquisite hides itself. — Philibert Joseph Roux

I've never sought to be on an A-list. I've done my own thing and my own thing has thankfully now brought me an audience. — Mira Nair

I'll be your minister
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"Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind."
"I would never steal from you," he'd said hotly.
"Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings?"
"That necklace was hideous. It was the only way to keep you from wearing it."
"My earrings?"
"What earrings? — Megan Whalen Turner

She smiled. "You did. And my gaydar never lies. Although later, I thought you might be bi." No, I wasn't bi. I was sure of that now. The depth of desire - it was unbelievable. That, and the certainty of this being right. Being me. — Julie Anne Peters

Life is not at the mercy of matter. — Joel S. Goldsmith

He took that mental image and filed it away under Pleasant-Sounding Impossibilities. Right between "flying carriage" and "beer fountain. — Tessa Dare

It would be an exaggeration to say that the war turned people into highbrows, but it did turn them into nihilists for the time being. People who in a normal way would have gone through life with about as much tendency to think for themselves as a suet pudding were turned into Bolshies just by the war. What should I be now if it hadn't been for the war? I don't know, but something different from what I am. If the war didn't happen to kill you it was bound to start you thinking. After that unspeakable idiotic mess you couldn't go on regarding society as something eternal and unquestionable, like a pyramid. You knew it was just a balls-up. — George Orwell

My dad used to call me "yeah but" because no matter what the answer was I always wanted to explore why things were what they were and how they might be different. — Arlene Dickinson